Example sentences of "tears [prep] [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to pause before she could speak because there were tears behind her eyes , her voice would be clogged with them . |
| 2 | To her horror Rory felt the sting of tears behind her eyes and looked away helplessly . |
| 3 | Unable to give her anything but the bitter regret which struck out at him afresh , raising a sting of tears behind his eyes , an abominable tightness in his chest . |
| 4 | For a boss , in fact , he was a very human man , who had hardly tried to hide the tears behind his eyes as he had stepped into the Mercedes earlier . |
| 5 | Acting with the flair of a seasoned thespian , he forced tears into his eyes as he spoke again , in a quavering voice . |
| 6 | Laura wiped tears from her eyes . |
| 7 | The woman stopped speaking , blinked back the tears from her eyes and swallowed before continuing . |
| 8 | It was then that the lump in her throat would break and spill the tears from her eyes and cause her to make choking sounds which she did not try to prevent , knowing they would not penetrate Mrs Aggie 's deep snoring . |
| 9 | ‘ Why do you hate me ? ’ she asked them , still managing to keep the tears from her eyes . |
| 10 | Cynthia wiped the tears from her eyes . |
| 11 | In the end , wiping the tears from her eyes , she giggled weakly ; " I went back to bed . |
| 12 | She brushed the tears from her eyes and took stock of her position . |
| 13 | Zimberalda … you 've come back to me at last ! ’ she snorts , wiping the tears from her eyes . |
| 14 | She blew her nose and wiped the tears from her eyes . |
| 15 | She blinked a sudden and totally illogical misting of tears from her eyes . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't leave you alone for five minutes , can I ? ’ he added , taking out a large white handkerchief and carefully wiping the tears from her eyes . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's I who have been a fool — for five intolerable , hideously long years , ’ he added softly , gently wiping the tears from her eyes before covering her upturned face with butterfly-light kisses that made her heart sing for joy . |
| 18 | Mick 's tape-recorder was playing ‘ Wipe Those Womble Tears From Your Eyes ’ . |
| 19 | He wiped the tears from his eyes angrily . |
| 20 | His motion dashed the tears from his eyes , and as he came to a halt he saw the visitor plainly . |
| 21 | He started to wipe the tears from his eyes with the backs of his hands . |
| 22 | Noah , who was twice Oliver 's size , pretended to rub tears from his eyes . |
| 23 | He saw an awed and grateful Mandru , wiping tears from his eyes after Lucien had completed a performance . |
| 24 | ‘ It takes an egghead , ’ he cried , wiping the tears from his eyes . |
| 25 | He got up , wiping the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand , and came to stand over me . |
| 26 | I 've worked with them before , you see , ’ he added , in explanation and Teversham had just time to assure him he well understood and would n't himself like to work with anyone else 's squad , before Miss Williams , tears in her eyes , and Francis Morgan , white with distress , bore down on them . |
| 27 | ‘ She has been the target of such spite that it disgraces those who offer it , and she bears it with a dignity that makes me proud , ’ he said as Mrs Kinnock stood behind him , smiling but with tears in her eyes . |
| 28 | There was a glisten of tears in her eyes . |
| 29 | Since she 's gone there 's been a gap … it made my life better , because — she had a garden I could use … and it was like a job — I felt I was led to do that job … and she used to be so pleased to see me , she used to almost embrace me with tears in her eyes . |
| 30 | There were still tears in her eyes , but for the first time that weekend there was colour in her cheeks as well . |